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1937 Schreiner Institute Glee Club in Uniform

Description: Photograph of the Glee Club in uniform. Twenty five cadets and club director John A. Guinn pictured. Caption from 1937 Recall yearbook page lists members from left to right as follows; "BACK ROW: Wiley; Vaughn; Hadden; Davis, C.; Terrell; Brown, S.; Pressler; Houy; Hagood; Simmons; McCord; Jenkins, K.; Guinn, director. FRONT ROW: Staples; Palacios; Browning; Wendtland; Jarvis, L.; Jaeggli; Haggard; Jenkins, R.; Newton, F.; Bush; White, M.; Woollett." Club officers are identified as Frank Newton… more
Date: 1937
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Schreiner University

Portrait of Fletcher Walker

Description: Photograph of cadet and Company A Captain, Fletcher Walker. This photograph appears in the 1937 Recall Yearbook. The subject is misidentified on the back as LaRue Haralson who also attended Schreiner Institute in the 1930s.
Date: 1937
Creator: Schreiner Institute
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Schreiner University

Senior Portrait of Schreiner Institute Cadet Dayton Stockton

Description: Schreiner Institute Cadet Dayton "Shorty" Stockton as a student was Lieutenant Colonel and Battalion Commander for the Schreiner Cadet Corps. He was named "Most Military Cadet", Secretary-Treasurer of the Officer's Club and Schreiner Institute Senior Class President according to the 1937 Recall Yearbook. Stockton would go on to serve Schreiner as Assistant Commandant and Commandant of the Cadet Corps in the 1940s.
Date: 1937
Creator: Scheriner Institute
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Schreiner University

Cadets Stand at Attention for Federal Inspection

Description: Photograph of a company of the Schreiner Institute cadet corps standing at attention for the annual federal inspection by officers from Fort Sam Houston. The Schreiner band and sponsors may be seen in the background as an officer inspects a cadet's rifle. The text on the back of the photograph identifies inspecting officer as Colonel Theodore K. Spencer who conducted the annual inspections from 1939 to 1941.
Date: 1936
Creator: Schreiner Institute
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Schreiner University

Students Gather Around a Deer

Description: Photograph of a group of students standing around a friendly deer on the Schreiner Institute campus in Kerrville, Texas. George E. Pratka appears to be petting the deer as several other cadets including Julius Leisering, Dayton Stockton, and Donald D. Phillips look on in the background.
Date: 1935
Creator: Schreiner Institute
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Schreiner University

Scene on Prade Guest Ranch

Description: Photograph of Mrs. Helen Prade on a horse above the Frio River at Prade Ranch near Leakey, Texas. Prade Ranch was opened as one of the first resort ranches in Texas in 1935 by Earl T. Prade. This photograph appears in the 1937 Schreiner Institute Bulletin Pictorial Number XV, No. 2 with the caption "Scene on Prade Guest Ranch, near Kerrville."
Date: [1935..1937]
Creator: Schreiner Institute
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Schreiner University

Color Guard in Uniform

Description: The 1931-1932 Color Guard in uniform presenting the national and school "colors" with arms. Color Sergeant R. F. Flutsch holds the American flag and Color Private Jack Randle holds the Schreiner Institute flag during military exercises at the Schreiner Institute in Kerrville.
Date: [1931..1932]
Creator: Schreiner Institute
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Schreiner University

History of Armstrong County, Volume 1

Description: The Armstrong County Histories are a compilation of biographical stories about the Armstrong County pioneers prior to 1900. According to the foreward: "Information supplied by members of these families make stories rich in romance, tragedy and humor, revealing the sturdy character of those who built our county. The book is made up of these family histories supplemented by ranch and community histories, articles of civic interest, church and cemetery stories, 'tall tales' by old timers."
Date: 1939
Creator: The Woman's Development Club
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Armstrong County Museum

History of Armstrong County, Volume 2

Description: The Armstrong County Histories are a compilation of biographical stories about the Armstrong County pioneers prior to 1900. According to the foreward in Volume I: "Information supplied by members of these families make stories rich in romance, tragedy and humor, revealing the sturdy character of those who built our county. The book is made up of these family histories supplemented by ranch and community histories, articles of civic interest, church and cemetery stories, 'tall tales' by old ti… more
Date: 1939
Creator: The Woman's Development Club
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Armstrong County Museum

When Texas was young

Description: The battle of San Jacinto -- A surgeon's story -- The "Twin Sisters" -- Reminiscences, piratical and revolutionary, from the career of Colonel Warren D.C. Hall.
Date: 1930
Creator: Ziegler, Jesse A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

Life of J. W. Holston

Description: Handwritten manuscript by John Willis Holston. Chronicles his family's journey to Texas from Mississippi in 1869. Includes stories from his days as a cowboy on a cattle drive, and his two year service as a Texas Ranger.
Date: 1930~
Creator: Holston, John Willis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Portrait of a Teenage Girl]

Description: Photograph of a teenage girl, Elizabeth "Betsy" Harris, née Ross, posing for a portrait in a collared jacket and shirt. Her blonde hair is styled in a short haircut. Below her portrait, the year "1930" is typeset within a decorative border.
Date: 1930
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library
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